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DeutschAthletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T54
| Men's marathon T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5 September 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:24:02 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's marathon T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 5 September 2021.
The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Heinz Frei (SUI) | 1:20:14 | Ōita, Japan | 31 October 1999 |
| Paralympic Record |  Kurt Fearnley (AUS) | 1:23:17 | Beijing, China | 17 September 2008 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 1:23:18 | Ernst van Dyk |  South Africa |
| America | 1:23:20 | Aarón Gordian Martínez |  Mexico |
| Asia | 1:21:52 | Tomoki Suzuki |  Japan |
| Europe | 1:20:14 WR | Heinz Frei | Switzerland |
| Oceania | 1:23:17 PR | Kurt Fearnley |  Australia |
Results
[edit]The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:30:[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Marcel Hug |  Switzerland | T54 | 1:24:02 | SB |
 | Zhang Yong |  China | T54 | 1:24:22 | PB |
 | Daniel Romanchuk |  United States | T54 | 1:29:05 | SB |
| 4 | Brent Lakatos |  Canada | T53 | 1:29:18 | PB |
| 5 | David Weir |  Great Britain | T54 | 1:29:45 | SB |
| 6 | Aaron Pike | United States | T54 | 1:29:45 | SB |
| 7 | Tomoki Suzuki |  Japan | T54 | 1:30:45 | SB |
| 8 | Yang Shaoqiao | China | T53 | 1:31:27 | |
| 9 | Dai Yunqiang | China | T54 | 1:31:27 | SB |
| 10 | JohnBoy Smith | Great Britain | T54 | 1:32:25 | SB |
| 11 | Zhang Ying | China | T54 | 1:32:26 | SB |
| 12 | Patrick Monahan |  Ireland | T53 | 1:32:54 | SB |
| 13 | Vitalii Gritsenko |  RPC | T53 | 1:33:13 | SB |
| 14 | Yoo Byung-hoon |  South Korea | T53 | 1:41:44 | SB |
| 15 | Brian Siemann | United States | T53 | 1:44:42 | SB |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.